She walked into his bar. He'll wage war to keep her breathing. Rachel Tierney has spent six years putting broken bodies back together in Tacoma's trauma center. When her brother calls in a panic-hunted by killers he can't escape-she discovers that some wounds can't be stitched closed. When the men chasing Danny find her too, she's got one option left: trust the dangerous stranger with dead eyes who just put two of them in the ground.
She expects a criminal. She finds a warrior. He's done letting anyone close. She's about to tear down his walls. Matthew "Hardcore" Harrison spent eighteen years as a Ranger First Sergeant, responsible for the lives of hundreds of soldiers. When his best friend ate a bullet and Matthew couldn't stop it, he walked away from everything-except the brotherhood that gave him a reason to keep breathing.
He doesn't let anyone take care of him. He doesn't deserve it. Then Rachel crashes into his life with blood on her scrubs and fire in her eyes, and every wall he's built starts crumbling. The threat is real. So is the heat between them. A crime boss with cops on his payroll wants Rachel's brother dead-and her along with him. Hardcore wants her with an intensity that terrifies him. When the killers come for his compound, the Rangers answer with devastating force-and Matthew discovers that protecting Rachel isn't just club business anymore.
It's personal. It's primal. It's forever. But the man hunting her has an army and twenty years of making witnesses disappear. Taking him down means risking everything-including the woman he'll burn the world to keep.
She walked into his bar. He'll wage war to keep her breathing. Rachel Tierney has spent six years putting broken bodies back together in Tacoma's trauma center. When her brother calls in a panic-hunted by killers he can't escape-she discovers that some wounds can't be stitched closed. When the men chasing Danny find her too, she's got one option left: trust the dangerous stranger with dead eyes who just put two of them in the ground.
She expects a criminal. She finds a warrior. He's done letting anyone close. She's about to tear down his walls. Matthew "Hardcore" Harrison spent eighteen years as a Ranger First Sergeant, responsible for the lives of hundreds of soldiers. When his best friend ate a bullet and Matthew couldn't stop it, he walked away from everything-except the brotherhood that gave him a reason to keep breathing.
He doesn't let anyone take care of him. He doesn't deserve it. Then Rachel crashes into his life with blood on her scrubs and fire in her eyes, and every wall he's built starts crumbling. The threat is real. So is the heat between them. A crime boss with cops on his payroll wants Rachel's brother dead-and her along with him. Hardcore wants her with an intensity that terrifies him. When the killers come for his compound, the Rangers answer with devastating force-and Matthew discovers that protecting Rachel isn't just club business anymore.
It's personal. It's primal. It's forever. But the man hunting her has an army and twenty years of making witnesses disappear. Taking him down means risking everything-including the woman he'll burn the world to keep.